Often at public events you can meet people in identical t-shirts reading “Mosvolonter” or the name of the action, starting from the Day of the city, shares a memory of economic and urban forums, book fairs to sports events and local fairs… They were on duty at the information desks and help to find a place in the hall or the canteen, handing out information products… People of completely different age, professions and interests. Many of them regularly participate in volunteer projects, gradually choosing the favorite destinations of the top 10: patriotism, social programs, event, medicine, donation, culture, media, public safety, the environment or sport. March 27 – the start of the pandemic in Moscow launched a new project “We are together”. This social project has already gathered 21 thousand capital volunteers, and people continue to come to take part in it. To make participation comfortable, participants were divided into nine staff, each your bones. They accept applications from residents that are self-isolation. Ask the citizens could not only go for the food and drug administration, but also to pay the rent, buy the dog. Applications staff packaged and sent in chats, their implementation assumed a free volunteer.
One of the volunteers – Daria Kurbatov, in the future – a primary school teacher. In one of the last “quarantine” days, she took eight orders. First a heavy bag carries a permanent ward during a pandemic – pensioner Natalya Aleksandrovna from Gratifying. “She has a son and daughter-in-law, but recently they had a baby, and that appealed to us for help, says “RG” Daria Kurbatov. – The pensioner likes to talk more for us 5-7 minutes to spend on the delivery impossible. But while exchange cheque, money and food, chatting. At first, Natalia tried to drink tea with jam. Once said that I like the purple color, like the Notepad that color to give as a token of gratitude. Barely convinced that the reward is just “thanks”. Ask Dasha, she is not afraid to get sick, volunteers carry food and those who at home is quarantined due to the fact that test positive for coronavirus. “At the headquarters we were given masks and gloves, disinfectant, at the door of the apartment keep our distance,” replied the girl.
the Desire to help people Daria instilled in my grandmother, which, for example, seeing a neglected urban flowerbed, then went for the shovel, and noticing another child torn pants, took up the needle. Apparently, the granddaughter went to the grandmother – in her personal volunteer book, more than a thousand records. So many of the projects she was involved for three years. The project “We are together” is one of them.
Eighteen-year-old Andrew Miller got the volunteers out of love withport. The first test on the field for him was the world Cup held in Moscow. “We helped the fans, monitored the safety, recalls those days Andrew. – If not volunteering, unless I would see live so many amazing matches?” Now he is “staff”, and accepts applications, think through the logistics of delivery. “Sometimes between the volunteers there is even a dispute, who to perform a particular application. But once we ordered food for dogs, and there are a couple of packages of 25 kg, had the transport to book, but helped autovolanter, drove, says the guy problems. For me this project was great practice, because I study management”.
And Svetlana Bilibino volunteering outlet. She’s a lawyer, to help people she stays only at weekends and sometimes holidays. Recently joined by 14-year-old daughter Christine. “She sees it only as a game, although in reality it is a great experience of team work, making new friends and expanding interests, – says Svetlana. – Last year during the “Night of museums”, the incident happened. The guys came to the House-Museum of Marina Tsvetaeva, not even knowing who he is, and put in an awkward situation.
the Volunteer must be savvy in the subject of the action. Later I in the headquarters of these guys met, so they poems Tsvetaeva already recited”. Now Bilibin is one of the two thousand autovolanter – carries in his car food, medicines to those who can not leave the house. According to her, such aid is not courier work, and taking care of those who have fallen on hard times. “Pandemic really affected the normal life of Muscovites, including volunteers, because many of the projects came online, or got cancelled, but I hope that on June 22 we will gather at the project “memory Line” on the Crimean bridge when lit 1418 candles for each day of the great Patriotic war, and will make sure that they are not extinguished. And ahead of the festival “Spasskaya tower”, the action “Immortal regiment”, November 7 parade. The same can not last forever online,” she says.
to grow to 14 years, then register on the website mosvolonter.ru and to make a personal book of a volunteer.
To participate in the project “We together” must pass an online test and registration on the website “myvesta.mosvolonter.RF”, and then face-to-face instruction.
the Telephone “hot line” of the project “We are together”: +7(800)200-34-11.
Yekaterina Dragunova, Chairman of the Committee of public relations and youth policy of Moscow
– All capital volunteers, and about 88 thousand people registered in the database of “Mosvolonter”. The youngest 14, the eldest 81 years, about one thousand volunteers “silver” age, those over 55 years. But mainly high school and University students that volunteerism helps develop teamwork, learn to settle disputes, to communicate with people. The project “We are together” was ��the game of a large scale, it brought together 21 thousand people. They have completed more than 31 thousand applications and responded to 143 thousand calls. A significant role the volunteer doctors who help medical institutions of the capital. There are over 500. We actively support the campaign “Good badges”, which is involved only about 50 people. Fortunately, opened dog shelters and part of the volunteers returned to my favorite field. Interestingly, many people joined us during a pandemic. I would like to continue to help the Muscovites, and not only in the delivery of products and participated in city events, helping children’s homes and hospices.
